What does a PWAY engineer do?
Permanent Way (PWAY) engineers focus on the design, maintenance, and upgrade of railway track systems. They work across light rail, metro, and heavy rail networks to ensure that track infrastructure is safe, reliable, and aligned to operational requirements.
Responsibilities include surveying, geometry design, stress calculations, and overseeing track renewals and enhancement schemes. Knowledge of track materials, ballast behaviour, and alignment tolerances is essential, as is an understanding of relevant Network Rail standards. PWAY engineers typically work alongside signalling, civil, and electrification teams and may be involved in both day-to-day maintenance and long-term asset strategy.
What industries do PWAY Engineers work in?
Carrington West recruits PWAY Engineers for contract and permanent roles in the rail sector. |
You can use the link below to search for PWAY Engineer roles, along with other roles for which PWAY experience would be beneficial, with leading public and private sector organisations across the UK through Carrington West's job search.